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Oklahoma congressman announces committee appointments

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Republican Study Committee Chairman-Elect Kevin Hern announced his senior leadership hires for the 118th Congress. Hern’s tenure as Chairman of the largest caucus on Capitol Hill begins on January 3, 2023. Jay Fields will serve as the Executive Director. Fields worked on the policy team of RSC under multiple chairmen, most recently serving as Policy Director under Chairman Jim Banks.…

U.S. Rep. Kevin Hern of Tulsa Votes Against Nonbinding Resolutions

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U.S. Representative Kevin Hern of Tulsa released a statement after voting against two nonbinding resolutions regarding ongoing negotiations with railway workers’ unions.   Rep. Hern voted “NO” on House Joint Resolution 100 & House Concurrent Resolution 119.   His communications staff sent an email to The Oklahoma City Sentinel concerning his opposition to the…

OKLAHOMA DELEGATION LOOKS AHEAD TO LEGISLATIVE END OF 2022

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One-party rule in Washington is down to its final few weeks, but it's not clear that all that much will change once Republicans take control of the House in January. Certainly, it depends upon your viewpoint. But before that new dynamic begins to play out, the current Congress has much to get done in its remaining few weeks. "We’re going to run out of funding on December 16, so we…

Republican Study Committee Elects Rep. Kevin Hern As New Chairman

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The Republican Study Committee (RSC) has unanimously elected Oklahoma Rep. Kevin Hern to be its next chairman, the RSC announced Thursday on Twitter. Congressman Hern previously led the RSC’s budget and spending task force after first being elected in 2018. Hern received the endorsement of almost 40 other caucus members after he led the committee’s creation of the model fiscal budgets…

Rep. Kevin Hern looks forward to greater influence in next Congress

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First District Congressman Kevin Hern wasn’t tipping his hand Monday afternoon just before Republicans began the process of choosing top leadership and likely the Speaker of the House of Representatives for the 118th Congress. “I want to see who else might be running,” Hern said by telephone from Washington. “If there’s a better way — clearly, having been in business for 35 years, it’s…

Rep. Kevin Hern: Republicans Have a plan To Restore Economic Freedoms To The American People

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Oklahoma Republican Congressman Kevin Hern joins Fox Across America With guest host Paul Gleiser to shed light on why so many voters are concerned about the state of the economy, and what his party will do to get it back on track if they are able to win back control of the House and Senate next month. “The American people are getting crushed. If you think about now, it takes a month…

GOP Tells Treasury to Save Global Tax Deal Files, Requests Info

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Ways and Means Committee Republicans are calling on Treasury to preserve documents and communications connected with the OECD-led global tax deal, as they press the department again for details on how the measure will impact US revenue. “We write to insist that you take all appropriate measures to collect and preserve all documents, communications, and other records that are relevant…

Conservatives blast Biden for claiming Republicans 'will crash the economy' if they win midterms

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Conservatives blasted President Biden on Friday for warning that Republicans will "crash the economy" next year if the GOP wins control of Congress in the upcoming midterm elections.  Multiple prominent conservative Twitter users accused the president and Democrats of already doing that to the nation's economy and claimed they were trying to shift the blame. Biden made his…